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What are the challenges?
82 EU regions (cca 30% of the EU population) affected by:
- Rapidly shrinking labour force
- Low share of higher education
- Departure of young people
Working age population:
- decreased by 3,5 million persons between 2015 and 2020 in the EU.
- further decline expected of an additional 35 million persons by 2050